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package net.martinimix.beans;

import net.martinimix.beans.bind.support.DNABasePairPropertyEditor;

/**
 * Provides a DNA base pair property editor registry.
 * 
 * @author Scott Rossillo
 *
 */
public interface BasePairPropertyEditorRegistry {

	/**
	 * Returns the base pair property editor for the given required type.
	 * 
	 * @param requiredType the <code>Class</code> type whose custom editor
	 * should be returned
	 * 
	 * @return the <code>DNABasePairPropertyEditor</code> for the 
	 * <code>requiredType</code> if available in the registry;
	 * <code>null</code> otherwise
	 */
	public DNABasePairPropertyEditor findCustomEditor(Class requiredType);
	
	public DNABasePairPropertyEditor findCustomEditor(int requiredBasePairType);
	
	public void registerCustomEditor(
			Class requiredType, int requiredBasePairType, DNABasePairPropertyEditor propertyEditor);

}
